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NLCS

The San Diego Padres win the National League pennant with a 6 – 3 victory over the Chicago Cubs

October 7, 1984October 10, 2021 NLCS

On October 7, 1984 – The San Diego Padres win the National League pennant with a 6 – 3 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the final game of the capping a dramatic comeback down 0-2, The Padres win three straight to head to their first World Series in franchise history,

the game best remembered for Cubs first baseman Leon Durham’s seventh-inning error on an easy ground ball, the Padres win the NLCS when Tony Gwynn’s seventh-inning two-run double breaks a 3-3 tie en route to a 6-3 victory at Jack Murphy Stadium. Chicago had a 3-0 lead in the decisive Game 5 but could not end their thirty-nine-year World Series appearance drought.

Craig Lefferts gets his 2nd win of the series while Rick Sutcliffe takes the loss. Padres 1B Steve Garvey is named the series MVP (8 hits, 7 RBI, .400 BA).

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